Hidden text: Kerry's military records are finally public

I had noticed the headlines last week in a few, select web sources, that according to their respective transcripts at Yale, George Bush was a slightly higher performing student than John Kerry.

I glanced at the headline and smiled to myself. "That figures," I thought. And then I passed on to the next story.

Last night I read through Larry Elder's take on the school transcript story and found there was an important detail that hadn't made the headlines: that Kerry's transcript was not acquired through Yale University, but through John Kerry's military records.

Which is to say, the records that were released through John Kerry's having finally signed the SF-180 form last month are now starting to be made public.

And that means I get to take down my counter. Somewhat mournfully, of course, since the point of the counter was that I really didn't think that we ever would have access to those records. The final count, as of today, was 148 days. The records probably started appearing around day 140. It's all academic now, anyway. Thank you, Senator Kerry, for keeping your promise (Drat!). And by the way, none of the records released indicate any obvious irregularities in Kerry's military service (Double Drat! Although that may yet change as more records come out).

So: why haven't the Senator's people been shouting this news from the rooftops? For one thing, the low college scores, especially compared to the scores of the future president whom Kerry referred to as an "idiot," are somewhat embarrassing.

Also: according to standardized testing administered by the military (analogous to an IQ test, though not exactly the same) George W. Bush scored higher than Kerry.

Therefore: according to the records of the school both men attended, and according to the intelligence test both men took, George W. Bush is smarter than John Kerry.

That Southern accent fools the coastal yokels every time.